Raúl Arrabales Moreno

CURRICULUM VITAE

Education

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2006 - Pursuing PhD in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence.
2005 - MSc in Computer Science and Technology. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
2001 - BSc in Computer Science. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
1998 - BEng in Computer Engineering. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. 
      

Professional Experience

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Awards, Honors & Scholarships

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• Travel award of 3.220,00 EUR from UC3M for research internships. UK. 2009 (Movilidad de investigadores en centros extranjeros).
   
• PhD Internship from Nokia Research Center. Finland. 2008.
   
• Erasmus programme travel grant from European Commision for Education and Training. Ireland. 2001.

Research Grants 

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2010 - 2012:	Trainutri. Training and Nutrition Senior Social Platform. European Union - Ambient Assisted Living Programme. Investigator.
2008 - 2009:	Normalizator. Corrección y Normalización de Direcciones Postales. Art. 83 Contract. Sigma Data Services. Investigator.
2007 - 2010:	Sistema de Detección de Peatones, Ciclistas y Motoristas - Fusión Sensorial. Plan Nacional de I+D+I. Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. Referencia TRA-2007-67374-C02-02. Investigator.
2001 - 2002:	Autonomous Underwarer Vehicle employing Adaptive Artificial Intelligence for Underwater Filming and Inspection. Enterprise Ireland Strategic Research. Grant 2000-2002. Undergraduate investigator.

         

Teaching Innovation Projects 

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2010 - 2011:	Implementation of a mutual rating system for continuous assessment in a practice-oriented course. Participant.
2009 - 2010:	European Virtual Space: virtual agents for competence teaching-learning process. Participant.

   

Conference Program Committee Membership

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BICS 2010	Brain-Inspired Cognitive Systems Conference 2010
CIIT 2009-2010:	Conferencia Ibero-Americana de Ingeniería e Innovación Tecnológica (CIIIT 2009, 2010).
ISA 2008-2010:	IADIS International Conference - Intelligent Systems and Agents (ISA 2008, 2009, 2010).
MSM 2009:	1st International Workshop on Mining Social Media (MSM09 - CAEPIA 2009).
IMETI 2008-2010:	International Multi-Conference on Engineering and Technological Innovation (IMETI 2008, 2010).

  

Conference Organizing Committee

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ISNIAI 2009

2nd International Seminar on New Issues of Artificial Intelligence.

   

Journal Refereeing

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• IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - Part C: Applications and Reviews.
   
• IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games.
   
• Journal of Consciousness Studies. 

Evaluation Committees

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Invited Talks

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• Day of the Book 2010. UC3M. Madrid. Conference "La Conciencia Artificial en la Ciencia Ficción y en la Investigación Científica". 15 April 2010.
   
• Teaching Enrichment Program for Gifted Students. D.A.T. Madrid Norte. "Inteligencia Artificial. Máquinas del Futuro". March 2010.
   
• Student Residence Fernando Abril Martorell. UC3M. Leganés. Madrid. "Transhumanismo, ¿la idea más peligrosa del mundo?". December 2009.
   
• IX Semana de la Ciencia de Madrid. FNAC Parquesur. La Singularidad. ¿Podrían los Robots Conquistar el Mundo? November 2009.
   
• VIII Semana de la Ciencia de Madrid. Univ. Carlos III de Madrid. Consciencia Artificial y Robótica Cognitiva. November 2008. 
   
• Nokia Workshop on Machine Consciousness 2008. Nokia Research Center. Helsinki. Finland. ConsScale: A Plausible Test for Machine Consciousness? August 2008.
   
• 3rd Computer Science Symposium at UEM (European University of Madrid). Machine Consciousness and Cognitive Robotics. November 2007.  

Other Departamental and University Service

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Web Sites and Services  

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• Founder and editor in chief of www.Conscious-Robots.com (founded in 2006).  
   
• Founder and coordinator of MC-Papers Online Database, a searchable compilation of selected papers on Machine Consciousness.
    
• Founder and editor in chief of www.ConsScale.com (founded in 2010).

Open Source Software Projects

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• Conscious-Robots.com Utilities for Robot Simulation (CRUBOTS). 

Media Appearances

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• "Un equipo español queda en primer lugar del 2K BotPrize 2010". Lektu / Microsiervos. Lainformacion.com (02 Sept. 2010).
     
• "Immortal avatars: Back up your brain, never die". Cover Story, pp. 28-31. New Scientist (05 June 2010 - Magazine issue 2763).
     
• "Picking our brains: can we make a conscious machine?". Cover Story, pp. 32-33. New Scientist (03 April 2010 - Magazine issue 2754).
    
• "En busca de máquinas que juegan a ser humanas". Published by OIC/UC3M (13/10/2009).
   
• "Can Bots Feel Joy?". Ben Goertzel. Published by h+ magazine (29/09/2009).
   
• "Las máquinas juegan a ser humanas". Published by Público (18/09/2009).
   
• "La conciencia evoluciona al margen de la genética". Published by Weblogs Madri+d Sistemas Inteligentes (03/04/2009).  
   
• Raúl Arrabales: "La conciencia no es una propiedad de la materia, es simplemente un proceso". Published by Tercera Cultura (15/12/2008).
    
• "El robot inteligente debe ser capaz de programarse a sí mismo". Published by SINC (21/11/2008). 
   
• "Yo, máquina". Published by Gente / gentedigital.es  (10/07/2008). 
   
• "Investigadores españoles desarrollan inteligencia artificial en robots". Published by RTVE / Europa Press (08/07/2008). 
   
• "Nuevos pasos hacia la creación de máquinas conscientes". Published by OIC/UC3M, sinc, LaFlecha, and madri+d  (07/07/2008).  
   
• Conscious-Robots.com joins Microsoft Robotics Studio as a Partner. Microsot Robotics Group (link) (01/2008).
   
• I am quoted in page 467 of the book Professional Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio (Wrox Programmer to Programmer) by Kyle Johns and Trevor Taylor (link / inside the book) (05/2008). 
   
• I am featured in chaper 9 - Future of Robotics - of the book Programming Microsoft Robotics Studio by Sara Morgan (link / inside the book) (03/2008).
   
• Microsoft Robotics Studio Community Page. www.Conscious-Robots.com pages for MSRS. (link) (08/2007).

Additional Training

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• R: A tool for statistical data analysis. UC3M. Madrid (04/2010). 
   
• Intellectual Property and Copyright in Digital Publications. UC3M. Madrid (04/2009). 
   
• Specialized Information Resources. UC3M Library. Madrid (02/2009). 
   
• Collaborative Tools and Internet Video Streaming. Audiovisual Services. UC3M. Madrid (07/2008).
   
• Interpersonal Relations and Conflict Resolution. Univ. de Cádiz. Campus Virtual (06/2008).  
   
• A Day at a Conference. Intensive English Course. L*T*S and Human Resources UC3M. Madrid (02/2008).
   
• Intelectual and Industrial Property Protection. Patents. Parque Científico UC3M. Madrid (05/2007).
   
• Teaching with the Internet. UC3M. Madrid (03/2007).
   
• Best teaching practices semminar. UC3M. Madrid (02/2007).
   
• Teaching Improvement Workshop. UC3M. Madrid (02/2007).
   
• Microsoft TV IPTV Edition 1.1. Alcatel University. Alcatel Spain. Madrid (04/2006).
   
• PMI PMP® Certification programme. International Institute for Learning. Madrid (07/2005).
   
• Video on Demand Technology – nCUBE Solutions. nCUBE Headquarters. Portland, OR. (08/2002).
   
• Analysis of Consumer Behaviour. Consumer Motivation and Values. Smart Force Ltd. Dublin. (08/2001).
   
• E-Commerce Strategy for Large Account Extranets. IBM Sales & Support Centre. Dublin. (04/2001).
   
• TCP/IP and Web applications development. Arenal Informática, S.A. Madrid (12/1998).
   
• Business processes of a dot.com business. Universidad Oberta de Cataluña. Madrid (09/1998).

Affiliations

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- CAOS Group. Computer Science Department. University Carlos III de Madrid.
- Project Management Institute. PMI ID: 614238. PMP Certified.
- IEEE Computational Intelligence Society.
- AAAI - Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence.
- EuCogII - Member 2nd European Network for the Advancement of Artificial Cognitive Systems, Interaction and Robotics.
- Retecog - Member Red Temática de Ciencias Cognitivas.

Publications

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- Please see publications page.